ABOUT CASES OF FRAUD

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen - our Potential Customers,

We would like to bring your attention to information about frequent cases of fraud which took place during last months. The matter is swindlers try to take money from seafarers under different pretext (the last example is - for arrangement of flag state documents in Kiev).

We request you all to avoid any payments on request / demand of any persons or organizations that calling you for and on behalf of our Agency. We do not use any other premises except of offices of Ukraina Maritime Agency for operational issues, registration of seafarers, consultancy and employment services. Locations of offices you can find on our web-site.

We do not work with intermediaries and do not pass contact / personal information of our seamen to third parties as well as we do not ask any other persons or organizations to contact seafarers instead of us. Only staff of “Ukraina” Maritime Agency has access to our DataBase and rights to contact seafarers.

Our contacts are available on our site. We do not call from hidden numbers or without feedback.

If you receive any offers of urgent employment and such offers are in connection with any kind of pre-payment for visas, flag state documents, any other services of the Agency - please contact us directly and re-check this information with our managers.

Our services are free of charge for seafarers and we do not ask for any kind of pre-payments.

Training Centers

ODESSA MARITIME TRAINING CENTRE
Recognizing the importance of sufficient trainings & education as a basis for selection seamen for Principals we have established close and fruitful relations with the Seafarer's Training and Certifying Center (TCCS) located in Odessa, approved by Det Norske Veritas, and OTI (Baku), accredited to teach Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET), Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) and HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training) to the standards set by The Oil & Gas Academy (OPITO). The training programs of the both Training Centers appropriate mandatory requirements of the MARPOL & HSE programs and STCW'95 based on the IMO model courses.

LERUS TRAINING CENTRE
Lerus Training Centre will provide realistic offshore training solutions in a safe and controlled environment for all students. Our experienced instructors ensure that delegates receive personal attention and receive all the training necessary to inpart reassurance and confidence should they be involved in future potential emergencies. The main goal of Lerus Training Centre is to improve the competence level of marine personnel and ensure they are able to perform duties and complete operations safely in the offshore oil & gas industry.

OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING INTERNATIONAL (OTI)
Occupational Training International is an international company, based in the Sultanate of Oman with a branch in Azerbaijan and internationally recognised as a key Health and Safety Skills training provider to the Oil and Gas Industry in the region. OTI has been successfully delivering HSE training and Offshore Survival courses since 1998.

SEAFARERS TRAINING CENTRE (STC) ("Lesozavodsk")
Seafarers training centre (STC) provides training of sea-going personnel according to requirements of International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 78/95) , as well as training and upgrading of ratings. The number of training courses which are offered by the Centre totals 51.

"AVANT" TRAINING CENTRE OF SEAFARERS
"AVANT" Seafarers Training Centre was established in April 2003 as a maritime training service provider by capable and experienced maritime professionals. "AVANT" has developed in recent years to one of the biggest training centers in Ukraine having statutory license by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
"AVANT" standards of training are founded in accordance with the provisions of STCW 78, as amended, Regulation I/8 for "Quality Standards System" (QSS) monitored, approved and certified in line with the training standards of ABS (American Bureau of Shipping). ABS is a QSS organization and approves STCW training courses on behalf of the United States Coast Guard.

ENGINEERING-ATTESTATION CENTER "PROMETEY"
MAU works in close co-operation with the Engineering-Attestation Center "Prometey" (Collective enterprise of the Society of Welders of Ukraine). Each candidate for employment with the Ukrainian and foreign companies in a capacity of welders, prior to signing the contract, has to pass thorough testing of his professional skills by the experienced instructors from the "Prometey" staff, certified by the national and international authorities. Should the candidate's level of practical skill or theoretical background be found insufficient, he will be advised to improve, by taking intensive course of welding pursuant to his specialization.
Modern equipment, used in daily practice of "Prometey", enables the candidates to get well familiarized with welding apparatus used worldwide.
Welding materials, used in the course of testing/teaching, are all certified, and Welding procedures are all approved by the leading classification societies.
Thus fruitful co-operation of MAU with "Prometey" ensures supply of high-skilled manpower to our Customers.